Display rack



Sept, 23, 1930. w. c. KELLY ET AL 1,776,471

DISPLAY RACK Filed May 1, 1929 of the easel type for tools, primarily for Y Patented 23, 1930 .PANY, or CLE ELAN OHIO, A conroaa'rroii orponro DISPLAY Rick r Y This invention relates to display racks axes, with means todisplay smaller tools at the top, and consists of an easily made light,

all metal rack, readily shipped at reduced shipping rates. i l

Referring to the drawings in which like I parts are similarly designated- Figure 1 is a View of the front of fthe rack; g a

Fig. 2a View of the back thereof, and

- ["Fig. 3 a perspective of the small tool supportingtrough. I1

The rack is made entirely of iron and con- 2 sists of two side piecesflfi of lightweight anglefiron connected together and held sp'acedby a lower transverse piece 6, prefferably of somewhat lighter fiat iron spaced I slightly above the lower' ends of the side,

pieces '5, andthe. upper ends are connected together by a broad sheet of metal7, for the reception of advertisements.

Crossed braces 8 of-flat iron, brace, the

7 two side members and are arranged above I opposite an oppositely directed hook on the a the lower member 6. I

'Each side piece is provided with supporting hooks 9 for axes alternately oppositely directed,'and a hook onone side piece being other sidepiecep, I a

The axes are placed in the upwardly directed hooks on one side piece near their 'heads, while the handle ends are engagedby the downwardly directed hooks on the other side-piece and held therein by the weight p v 1 jAbove the upper ends of the cross braces 8"on the back of the'side pieces are hinge 1 joints 10 connected to the bracket legs 11 of their lower ends bya" transverse member 12, also of angle iron. I l

angl'e' iron, that are connected together near The members 6 and 12 are connected to- "getherby a chain 13 to limit theinclination of'the rack and'prevent the legs 11 from moving too great a distance from the side pieces and, permitting the rack to fall down.

Secured to the backoi 'theside pieces be- 7 i lowthe sheet metal panel .7 is a channel 14,

more clearly shown in Fig. 3, providedwith separatingv handle ends 7 i v of smalltools, and herein shown as wires 15v WILLIAM o. KELLY, enonen 'r.- rnrononunoairi'ajnnon; 4st enoaon'nfeotmrna, or

p qonnRLEs'roN, WEST VIRGINIA, AssIsNoRs'; eman n romra ironoomg whose ends are swaged or peened in transverse slots or notches in the channel flanges.

On the back of the sheet metal panel? are secured a series of loops 16, through which the handles of small tools, as hammers,hatchets &c. are passed, so that their handle ends rest in the channel 14 between edges of the j the wires 15 or spacing means, so that the heads of these short tools shall appear above ,the panel for display, whilethe type or style of their handles can be seen between the panel and channel 14.

This channel 14 may be a single piece of li ht structural iron, or may be composed of two angles welded together along the abutting edges of their flanges directed toward" each other. The parts may be connected together by screws or bolts, but it is more economical and quicker to join them by electric weldingJ By making our tool rack of light metal it is much more attractive than racks formed of wood, and can be shipped at much less cost because of thereduced weight.

We claimo l. A display rack for handled tools, comprising two side pieces of angleiron, hooks on" each side piece alternately upwardly and downwardly directed, an upwardly directed hook on one side piece being opposite a downwardly directed hook on theother side piece, a flat transverse iron connecting the side pieces near their bottom ends, crossedflat irons connecting the side piecesqabove the flat transverse iron, hinge joints at the back of the side pieces substantially at the upper ends of the crossed flat irons, angle iron legs connected to the hinge joints, a flat trans- Verse iron connecting the legs near their a lower ends, a flexible member connecting the transverse irons, a broad sheet of metal connecting the upper ends of the side pieces,

7 2(Ai1 easel rack for displaying handled tools, comprising a pair of spaced side pieces of angle iron, a. cross brace of iron near the I bottoms thereof, a broad sheet of metal coni necting the upper ends of the-side'pieees, a channeliconnected to the side pieces below said broad sheet, cross members for said 7 channel and handle receiving 100 s on the bitekdfseid sheety handle en's to rest I 10 as our invention, wehev'e signed our names V R LGOELBER 

